He served to lay the foundation for the evolution of parliamentary
government and subsequent declarations of rights in Great Britain and
the United States. In attempting to establish checks on the king's
powers, this document asserted the right of "due process" of law. By the
end of the 13th century, it provided the basis for the idea of a
"higher law," one that could not be altered either by executive mandate
or legislative acts.
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<span>A legal case from 1608 that has since been know as Calvins case established that Scottish citizens born after King James I unified Scotland and England were to have all the rights any Englishman was entitled to. There are some scholars who claim these rights would extend to any colonist born in British colonies, so should they ever be robbed they would be compensated.</span>
